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metalpoetnl

@metalpoetnl@metalhead.club

Metalhead, polyamorous, bisexual man, living in the Netherlands, originally from South Africa.

My favorites playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4Zz5XN10VGy7yClmX58zhE6timPmnmR

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I grew up in apartheid South Africa. My formative years were spent watching it collapse. Which made me deeply opposed to fascism and racism. It also drove me to study the system.

I am deeply familiar with how apartheid worked.

On a regular basis people try to tell me there is no apartheid system in Israel.

Invariably their explanation for why Israel isn't an apartheid state, describes a policy South Africa also had, and frequently did more humanely.

metalpoetnl, to random
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Hear me out: a product that automatically changes your shirt to the of the song you're listening to.

stux, to random
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Hm. I'm also gonna add nuclear rocket launchers in my SPACE game :flan_laugh:

Cause why not! I think i saw it somewhere in Fallout and it seemed quite a fun idea.. plus it's kinda easy

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@stux that was actually a real idea in the history of space exploration, thankfully never actually built.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

But its saner cousins do exist. We don't use them in atmo though, firstly because radiation is bad but also they have quite low thrust so are only suitable for orbital stages

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket

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Really fantastic work to give in to COVID deniers and antivaxxers, with absolutely no long term consequences

(If you don't know, H5N1 has ~50% fatality rate.)

(via https://bsky.app/profile/octocryptid.bsky.social/post/3kseq2usc4c2b)

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@pauldrye @thomasfuchs this is literally an attempt at variolation, the low-tech precursor go vaccination - which would be considered unconscionable today due to the extreme risks involved.

Worse, it's being done as self medication. At least in the early modern era it was done under medical supervision. And still lots of people died, variolation reduced overall deaths from diseases but killed lots of the people receiving the treatment. In contrast vaccination associated deaths are near zero.

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What kind of high-school experience did you have? Were you in a clique? Were you popular, unpopular, the coolest kid in your Homeschool? Did you have a sweet jean jacket with patches, or maybe a leather vest? Were you an evil villain or a Mary Sue?

metalpoetnl,
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@RickiTarr I was the lonely, bullied nerd who kept getting into fights and hoping to fuck nobody finds out boys give me the same tingles girls do.

I didn't get my first kiss till senior year, from a new girl who didn't know anyone else yet and so didn't know it was social suicide to enjoy my company and I was a virgin till university.

I spent most of highschool in a deep depression without knowing that and with very few friends.

It took me years to get to over the trauma.

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Today's theme is from @SimoRavens19

well I got a good one I think:

Two nu-metal bands gave two very different songs the same title:

https://songwhip.com/disturbed/numb

And

https://songwhip.com/linkin-park/numb

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So news this morning is that Sega USA staff has unionized. Great.

Mass layoffs in the IT sector, including gaming, in recent months have sent tech workers a clear message: "The days when you were rockstars are over. You're now as disposable as anyone else"

And it looks like IT workers are starting to respond the only way any workers can: collectively.

It's decades too late, but better late than never.

@gamingonlinux @pluralistic thoughts ?

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Friendly reminder that all those emo kids are full grown adults now. If you were an emo kid, please tell me if you are still so fabulous.

This is a more Green Day Type Emo, Billy Joe haircut, black with blonde streaks, t-shirt with a tie
Giant black hair cut in a rocker girl shape, thick black eye liner, so many necklaces involving black leather and skulls
Bright long green hair, all the black eyeliner, choker necklace, green and black skull t-shirt

metalpoetnl,
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@RickiTarr Well... here is me circa 2009 somewhere.

metalpoetnl,
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@RickiTarr Yes, I really did wear a white onesie with bunny ears and yes, it was goth.

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metalpoetnl,
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@anti_disease I do believe both the statements in the post are true.
I just don't believe they have any relationship to each other.

metalpoetnl,
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@anti_disease on second thought, maybe the relationship between the events is a common cause: two people who don't understand how diseases spread

metalpoetnl, to random
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I'm totally going to steal @lautmaler's introduction here:

of by @neurothing it's about to return :P

https://songwhip.com/boney-m/going-back-west

https://songwhip.com/fokofpolisiekar/sporadies-nomadies

https://songwhip.com/twisted-sister/ill-be-home-for-christmas

https://songwhip.com/nightwish/return-to-the-sea

https://songwhip.com/tenacious-d/beelzeboss-the-final-showdown
From whence you came you shall remain until you are complete again

metalpoetnl, to random
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I left my steam deck at home today. I'll be reading on my commute instead because my copy of @pluralistic 's Red Team Blues has arrived.

metalpoetnl,
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@pluralistic it's seriously figuring stuff so far

metalpoetnl,
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@pluralistic and just finishing it. I thought modern day Noir had peaked with Veronica Mars.

I'm ordering the Bezzle on payday.

Maybe I'm biased by being exactly the target audience (like knowing what an unsalted hash was and getting a snigger the first time I read it) but it's just so good.

And while I'm thanking the author here: to all my followers, consider this my heartfelt recommendation. Marty Hench is the Sam Spade for the 21st century.

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What an interesting topic for @Neurothings' let's get some songs about

First to mind: Dan Vasc and Violet Orlandi's excellent metal cover of Seal's kiss by a rose.

https://songwhip.com/dan-vasc/kiss-from-a-rose-metal-version

metalpoetnl,
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Lets follow it up with a definitely NOT metal golden oldie:

Lyn Anderson with Rose Garden:
https://songwhip.com/lynn-anderson/rose-garden

metalpoetnl,
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And how about we continue the rose theme with Bon Jovi's hairmetal powerbalad: Bed of Roses

https://songwhip.com/bon-jovi/bed-of-roses

metalpoetnl,
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Outside the roses - here's another golden oldie:
Scot MacKenzie with San Francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair)

https://songwhip.com/scott-mckenzie/san-francisco-be-sure-to-wear-flowers-in-your-hair

metalpoetnl,
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And we'll finish it off with the much maligned but nevertheless talented bastard stepdaughter of Grunge.

Hole with Petals:

https://songwhip.com/hole/petals

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Time for @Kitty 's with the theme submitted by @satsuma

...there are a few songs that would fit this for me... but I'll just go with this.

https://songwhip.com/def-leppard/pour-some-sugar-on-me2021

And this
https://songwhip.com/system-of-a-down/chop-suey

And what the hell some of this too

https://songwhip.com/meat-loaf/rockandrolldreamscomethrough

metalpoetnl, to random
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I got a nice double submission for and

Female Symphic Metal band Exit Eden just dropped a new album titled Femme Fatale

https://songwhip.com/exit-eden/femmefatale

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For @Kitty's this week I am submitting one of my all time favorite albums, and one that (sadly) is rather evergreen.

Otep's Smash the Control machine is a nakedly political album about battling rightwing oppression and authoritarianism. And it's even more relevant today than when it was released.

But it's also an album of hope - built on the fundamental assumption that we can WIN that battle. As my favorite track :"Rise, Rebel, Resist" hammers home.

https://songwhip.com/otep/smash-the-control-machine

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For our theme is - songs whose titles aren't used in the lyrics.

Friends, ramens, Kahn tree men, I submit for your consideration: Iron Maiden with The Trooper

https://songwhip.com/iron-maiden/the-trooper

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metalpoetnl,
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@pikesley surely it's: "For fuck's sake" ?

Or if it's a very serious matter: "For fucks' sake", i.e for the sake of more than one fuck.

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